Meaning of ALPHABETIC
| Pronunciation: | | `alfu'betik
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- [adj] arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"
- [adj] relating to or expressed by an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system"
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| | Synonyms: | | abecedarian, alphabetical, alphabetical, alphabetised, alphabetized |
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| | Antonyms: | | analphabetic | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Al`pha*bet"ic\, Alphabetical \Al`pha*bet"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. alphab['e]tique.]
1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the
order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic
characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
2. Literal. [Obs.] ``Alphabetical servility.'' --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | abecedarian, allographic, capital, graphemic, ideographic, lettered, lexigraphic, literal, logogrammatic, logographic, lower-case, majuscule, minuscular, minuscule, pictographic, transliterated, uncial, upper-case |
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